Management & Marketing: Recent submissions
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Cultural integration with strategic decision-making process in determining innovation performance: Evidence from an arab country setting
( IGI Global , 2014 , Book chapter)This chapter presents an empirical study that examines the co-alignment between the Strategic Decision- Making Process (SDMP) and cultural contextual factors in developing a more completely specified model of innovation ... -
Challenges associated with the Greek SMEs in the basin of Athens-Greece: An exploratory study
( Inderscience Publishers , 2013 , Article)The paper attempts to identify the motivation for business ownership, the factors contributing to success and problem areas and developmental issues attached to entrepreneurship related to small medium enterprises (SMEs) ... -
Is family the key? Exploring the motivation and success factors of female Emirati entrepreneurs
( Inderscience Publishers , 2015 , Article)This exploratory research attempts to identify the motivation factors and to understand the extent to which different aspects of family play a role in the success of an entrepreneurial business operated by an Emirati ... -
Empowering Emirati women through entrepreneurship: Success factors and financial resource acquisition perspective
( International Business Information Management Association, IBIMA , 2015 , Conference)The purpose of this research is to identify the business success and financial resource acquisition factors, the problem areas and developmental issues allied to Emirati female entrepreneurs in the United Arab Emirates. A ... -
Azza and her ARJMST brand: which way forward?
( Emerald Group Holdings Ltd. , 2018 , Article)Subject area: Entrepreneurship and/or Strategic management/International Business Management. Study level/applicability: This case is intended for teaching entrepreneurship/Strategic management/International Business Courses ... -
Participative decision-making and job satisfaction for teachers in the UAE
( Emerald Group Holdings Ltd. , 2015 , Article)Purpose - Knowledge of teachers' participative decision making (PDM) and job satisfaction (JS) is important, as teachers comprise most of a school's staff. The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of teacher ... -
The Impact of Supplier Orientation on Firm Innovativeness: An Abstract
( Springer Nature , 2017 , Book chapter)For over two decades, scholars have investigated the link between market orientation, innovation, and performance. However, the market orientation framework including customer-orientation, competitor-orientation, and ... -
The Effects of Organizational Support and Organizational Commitment on Organizational Citizenship Behaviour: (A Conceptual Framework)
( Elsevier , 2017 , Article)In recent times, organization have been striving to achieve excellence in relation to the effectiveness and efficiency of employees. The behavior of individuals can help organizations to achieve this goal. It has been noted ... -
Organizational Commitment: Status Quo in Qatar
( SCMS Cochin School of Business , 2012 , Article)Qatar is a fast growing economy which is largely dependent on expatriate labour. This creates a unique situation that affects organizational commitment. This research focusses on understanding the relationship between ... -
Organizational Excellence as the Driver for Organizational Performance: A Study on Dubai Police
( Canadian Center of Science and Education , 2016 , Article)This study was set up to examine the effect of organizational excellence on organizational performance. A questionnaire survey was employed to collect the data from Dubai Police departments. Two hundred fifty questionnaires ... -
Measuring luxury brand consumption and female consumers' religiosity in the UAE
( World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd , 2014 , Article)Luxury brand consumption by female consumers in the rich Arab Gulf states has never been systematically studied, and thus most of our knowledge in this area remains shaped by preconceived notions that are not likely to ... -
Expressing herself through brands: The Arab woman's perspective
( Emerald Group Holdings Ltd. , 2015 , Article)Purpose This paper aims to extend Wallström et al.’s (2010) six-nation study on brand use and notions of self-expression to Arab women in the UAE. Additionally, it extends the scope of investigation to include an extensive ... -
The factors affecting e-commerce adoption by Jordanian SMEs
( Emerald Group Holdings Ltd. , 2015 , Article)Purpose - This paper aims to explore internal and external organizational factors affecting electronic commerce or e-commerce systems adoption by small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Jordan. Design/methodology/approach ... -
The impact of perceived corporate social responsibility on employee engagement: The case of Qatar
( John Wiley and Sons Inc. , 2019 , Article)This work investigates the role of perceived corporate social responsibility (CSR) in enhancing employee engagement (EE) in the State of Qatar. We collected survey data from local and expatriate employees of government, ... -
The relationship between communication, customer knowledge and customer loyalty in Saudi Arabia insurance industry companies
( Mediterranean Center of Social and Educational Research , 2015 , Article)The main target of this article is to examine the relationship between communications, customer knowledge and customer loyalty in insurance companies in Saudi Arabia. This study adopted Partial Least Squares Structural ... -
The required information and financial statements disclosure in SMEs
( Academic and Business Research Institute , 2014 , Article)This study aimed to determine the nature, the requirements of financial disclosure in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in comparison with large corporations in Jordan. It also aimed to investigate the need for a special ... -
The Relationship between Information & Communications Technology, Prior Experience and Customer Loyalty in Saudi Arabia Insurance Industry Companies
( Global Journals Inc. (USA) , 2014 , Article)This study is an attempt to examine the association between important variables of service quality namely information and communications technology, prior experience and customer loyalty in Saudi Arabia’s provision of ... -
A Framework for Optimizing the Supply Chain Performance of a Steel Producer
( SciTePress , 2013 , Conference)Supply Chain Management (SCM) is focused on developing, optimizing, and operating efficient supply chains. Efficient supply chains are characterized by cost effective decisions, lean flow and structure, high degree of ... -
The relationship between religiosity and consumer behaviour among Arab, Turkish, and Indonesian students: testing an 8th century A.D. measure of Islamic religiosity
( Inderscience , 2016 , Article)This study was motivated by the inability to compare the results of the various measurements of Muslim consumers' religiosity. The measurement scales used therein lacked uniformity and their outcomes could not be compared. ... -
One Arab woman's journey to entrepreneurship: a case study
( Inderscience , 2013 , Article)The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is pegged as a highly opportunistic market. The region's unique demographics include a native population that is in the minority and high numbers of women involved in entrepreneurial activities. ...
